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TRAIN SIGNAL.

No. 333,774. Patented Jan. 5,1886.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

COLLINS F. NEWTON, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAMS. WING, OF SAME PLACE.

TRAIN-SIGNAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 333,774, dated January5, 1886. Application filed October 10, 1885. Serial No. 179,464. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CoLLINs F. NEWTON,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Omaha, in the county ofDouglas and State q of Nebraska-have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Train-Signals, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to certain improvements in train order-signals andthe object is to provide reliable means for changing the position of thesignals that indicate safety or danger, and holding said signals inposition, and also providing the surface of the indicator table or platewith colors corresponding with the colors upon theexterior signals andlanterns, as will be herein more fully described, and specifically setforth in the claims.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the signal-station building, thesignal, and means to operate the same, constructed in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of a portion of thesignal-station; Fig. 3, a horizontal section of a portion of thesignal-station containing the indicator-table. Fig. 4 is a side view ofthe indicator and its operating-lever on a large scale. Fig. 5 is a topview of the indicator-table.

A represents the signal-station building in front of which the signal isto be shown. The signal consists, generally, of two wings, B, paintedred on both sides, and at right angles to them two other wings paintedwhite. These wings are secured to a shaft, 0, retained vertically inbearings 11, formed in the casting D, and the latter is secured upon oneend of the hollow shaft or tube E, while the other end is provided witha collar, e, that is attached to the front of the building. This tube isretained in a horizontal position by means of the diagonal brace f,having one end secured to the flange d of the casting D and the otherend to the side of the building. The signal is protected against sideswaying by the lateral braces, f having one end attached to the flange dof the casting D.

To indicate the signal at night, a lantern, 50 13, having correspondingcolored glasses, is

mounted upon the upper end of the shaft 0. To rotate this shaft, a bevelcog-wheel, g, is secured upon it between the bearings d, supporting saidshaft. Through the supportingtube E passes a shaft, h, having at itsouter end a bevel cog-wheel, h, that meshes with the wheel and saidwheel, may be boxed up or inclosed, to protect them from the weather.The shaft h passes through the walls of the signal-building, and uponits inner end carries a bevel cog-wheel, h, that meshes with a similarwheel, t, secured to the upper end of a vertical shaft, I, retainedagainst the walls of the building by bearings i. To rotate this shaftand the signal, there is secured to the lower end of this shaft aspring-handle, k, the outer end of which projects over the edge of thesemicircular plate or table L, and to retain said handle in any desiredposition there are two depressions, Z, formed in the surface 7c of thetable, to receive a lug, k pendent from said handle.

Upon the lower portion of the shaft I is coiled a spring, '5, having oneend secured to the shaft and the lower end bearing against 7 the wall ofthe building or other stationary object, so that it will have a tendencyto throw the handle to one side until arrested by one of the pins Z whenthe handle is released by the operator and keeps the signal in a neutral8c position, where it may be locked by a pin, Z

To prevent mistake in the manipulation of the handle, the surface of theindicatortable L has a quarter-segment painted white and the other red,or some other color cone 8 5 sponding with the color upon the suspendedsignal.

I am aware that signals have been operated by means of bell-cranklevers, cords, and weights, and I do not claim these devices. c

Having now fully described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination ofthe tubular holder E, having collar 6 at its inner end and at its outerend the cast support D, provided with a flange, (1, having divergentbraces f and f secured thereto, and bearings d d, vertically one abovethe other, with the vertical shaft G,

V carrying the four-wing signal B, and the shaft shafts O and h being"connected by bevel-gear; spring-handle resting upon a table havingcolsnbstantially as and for the purpose described. oredsegmentscorresponding with the colored 2. The combination of the tubularholder signal B. substantially as and for the purpose E, having collar 6at its inner end and at its described.

5 outer end the cast support D, provided with In testimony whereof Iaffix my signaturein I5 divergent braces, with the vertical shaft 0,presence of two witnesses. carrying the four-wing signal B, and theshaft s V COLLINS F. NEVTON.

h, passing through the tubular holder, the Witnesses: shafts O, h, and Ibeing connected by bevel- T. R. \VING,

IO gears, and the latter shaft provided with a, GEO. K. BLACK.

